If you would like copies of the papers and/or speaking notes that go along with some of these presentations please email me susanm.thomson@gmail.com

 

“Everyday Resistance to the Programme of National Unity and Reconciliation in Post-Genocide Rwanda”. Research presentation. International Conference on Africa’s Struggle’s, Université de Paris-Sorbonne, 22 January 2010.

“The Ethical Challenges of Field Research in Post-Conflict Environments”. Keynote address. Canadian Association of Research Ethics Boards Annual Conference, Toronto, ON, 27 November 2009.

“Everyday Acts of Resistance to the Policy of National Unity and Reconciliation”. Research presentation. African Studies Association Conference, New Orleans, LA, 21 November 2009.

“The Politics and Ethics of Conducting Research in Highly-Politicised Environments”. Invited talk. Centre for Foreign Policy Studies, Dalhousie University, 16 September 2009.

“Peasant Politics and Power Dynamics: Blind Spots in the Transitional Justice Paradigm”. Research Presentation. European Conference on African Studies. Leipzig, Germany. 7 June 2009.

“Preserving Power: Elite Claims of Historical Unity in Post-Genocide Rwanda”. Research Presentation. Reconstructing Rwanda: Power, History and Human Rights, a Conference in Honor of Alison Des Forges, Madison, WI. 19 May 2009

“One Rwanda for All Rwandans? The Reconfiguration of Social and Political Power in Post-Genocide Rwanda”. Research Presentation. African Studies Association. Chicago. 13 November 2008.

“Situating Ordinary Rwandans in Post-Genocide Rwanda: A Methodological Approach to Fieldwork.” Research presentation. American Political Science Association. Chicago. 1 September 2007.

"Partnership or Power? Deconstructing Mrs. Kagame's Partnership for HIV/AIDS". Research presentation. Gender, HIV/AIDS and Human Security Conference. Dalhousie University. 10 August 2007.

"Profiling the Impacts of North-South Research Collaboration for Development". Panellist. AUCC-IDRC Panel, Canadian Association for the Study of International Development (CASID) Meeting, University of Saskatchewan, 1 June 2007.

"The Unity-Generating Machine: State Power and Gacaca Trials in Post-genocide Rwanda". Research Presentation. Canadian Political Science Association (CPSA) Meeting, University of Saskatchewan, 31 May 2007.

“The Politics of Trauma in Post-Genocide Rwanda: Treatment for Some at the Expense of the Many”. Research Presentation. Peacebuilding and Trauma Recovery: Integrated Strategies in Post-War Reconstruction, University of Denver, 25 February 2007.

“A State-Led Response to Genocide: The Discourse of National Unity in Rwanda”. Research Presentation. Canadian Consortium for Human Security Roundtable. Munk Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto. 2 February 2007.

“Voices from the South: Ordinary Rwandans Speak. Preliminary Reflections”. Invited Talk. UK Department for International Development, Rwanda Field Office. Kigali, Rwanda. 25 August 2006.

“The Politics of Fieldwork: Permission, Power and Ethics”. Public lecture. Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London, 5 November 2005.

“The Use of Narrative Analysis in Understanding Acts of Resistance: The Case of Rwandan Survivors of the 1994 Genocide”. Research Presentation. Icelandic Feminist Association Meeting, Department of Anthropology, University of Iceland. 2-4 November 2005.

“Critical Discourse Analysis as Method of Inquiry in Political Science”. Research presentation. Critical Discourse and Political Analysis Workshop, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, 26-28 October 2005.

“The International Promotion of Democracy and Post-Conflict Societies: What Odds?”. Invited lecture. Department of Political Studies, University of Cape Town, 17 February 2005.

“Crimes against Women during the Rwandan Genocide: Prospects of Justice for Women Survivors”. Guest speaker. 2004 John Humphrey Freedom Award Laureate, Canadian Tour Public Event, Dalhousie University, 27 November 2004.